Good News Notes: “Royal Mail has announced the launch of its first 100% electric Delivery Office. The Bristol East Central Delivery Office recently had its 23 diesel delivery and collection vans replaced by fully electric ones. The office’s entire fleet — collection and delivery vehicles — is now made up of electric vehicles. To support this transition,…
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Pope Francis commits Vatican to net zero carbon emissions by 2050
Good News Notes: “Pope Francis urged countries on Saturday to work towards net zero carbon emissions and committed Vatican City — the world’s smallest state — to reaching the target by 2050. Francis, who has championed environmental causes since his election in 2013, told a U.N. climate summit the 108-acre (44-hectare) city-state surrounded by Rome…
Cruise commits to using ‘100 percent renewable energy’ to power its self-driving taxis
Good News Notes: “Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, prides itself on being one of the few autonomous vehicle companies to use only electric cars in its fleet. Now, the company is going a step further by committing to using only ‘100 percent renewable energy’ to power its EVs. Cruise, which has a large…
Elon Musk says Tesla has now produced 1 million electric vehicles
Good News Notes: “Tesla has produced 1 million electric vehicles, according to the firm’s CEO Elon Musk, who congratulated the ‘Tesla team’ on the milestone via a tweet.” “Currently, Tesla offers four models of electric vehicle: the Model 3 and Model S, which are sedans, and the Model Y and Model X, which are types…
Will electric planes take flight and help cool a warming planet?
Good News Notes: “Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder and Washington Post owner, announced on Monday that he was donating $10 billion to save the Earth’s environment – barely a month after it was revealed Amazon threatened to fire employees who spoke out about the company’s role in the climate crisis. The new Bezos Earth Fund…
A Fleet of Electric Ferries Will Help Fight Bangkok’s Toxic Smog
Good News Notes: “The next wave of electric vehicles will navigate Thailand’s waterways instead of its highways. Battery power soon could transform Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River, with electric catamarans augmenting the cacophonous, wooden longboats that spew exhaust as they motor past the centuries-old Grand Palace and Temple of Dawn. The monuments typically are cloaked by…
“Volkswagen Praises Tesla, Commits To More Renewable Energy”
Good News Notes: “Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess went to Germany last week to participate in the annual World Economic Forum event. While there, he took the opportunity to sing the praises of Tesla. “I think it’s great to have good competition. We think that Tesla plays a very important role in the transition because they…
Falling Battery Price Transforms Economics of Green Energy
Good News Notes: “A dramatic fall in the price of lithium-ion batteries over the past decade is transforming the economics of renewable energy as well as the affordability of electric vehicles. Since 2010 the cost of a lithium-ion battery per kilowatt hour (kWh) has fallen almost 90%, from $1,183 in 2010 to just $156 in…
Amazon Buys 100,000 Electric Delivery Vans With Climate Pledge
Good News Notes: “Amazon is buying 100,000 electric-powered delivery vehicles as part of a newly announced goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040 to help stop global warming.” “On Thursday, the e-commerce giant unveiled and became the first company to commit to The Climate Pledge, which is calling on all businesses to achieve the…
This motorcycle of the future will also power your home
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